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Watch The Biggest Wave Ever Surfed, In The History Of The Ocean

Brazilian surfer Rodrigo Koxa takes the title, with the 'Biggest Wipeout' a close contender - by Scott Henderson
  • 01 May 2018
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The annual XXL Big Wave Awards were held in Santa Monica, California, over the weekend, and this years winners charged harder than ever before. Taking out the award for the largest wave this year was Brazilian surfer Rodrigo Koxa, with his successful ride of a 24.28 metre high monster, that also landed him in the Guiness Book of World Records.

 

Koxa's wave is so big, he seems almost invisible on the face of the wall of water, with a jet-ski a great point of reference for the sheer volume of water being ridden.

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#respost @wsl #KoxaBOMB💣 #GoBIGGER Hoje à noite saberemos o resultado oficial do OSCAR das ONDAS GIGANTES da WSL... SUPER ENERGIZADO aqui na CALIFÓRNIA e honrado por estar nesta disputa mais uma vez... A partir da MEIA NOITE 12:00am no horário de Brasília vai começar a transmissão "AO VIVO" do #WslBigWaveAwards 2018 e conto com a TORCIDA DOS MEUS AMIGOS para que vença A MAIOR ONDA da categoria #XXLBIGGESTWAVE In CALIFORNIA #SantaMonica the transmission will be at 20:00 direct by the WSL website..."LIVE" Obrigado a suporte de todos🙏🏼 Obrigado @sergiocosmico MEU PARCEIRO PORTUGUÊS que me colocou nesta onda, vc é um GIGANTE MEU IRMAOZÃO... Vamos contudo e ACREDITO com FÉ EM DEUS que vai dar tudo certo.. #DeusNoCOMANDO TMJ @koxabomb💣 @blams.bls @travelace_br @akiwas @silversurfsurfboards @sposurf @delirionatural @tomihamanderson @massokheir @crossfit_enseada 👊🏼 VALEU PELO VÍDEO @muriongofilms🎥 @carlosmuriongo Vamos torcer para o BRASIL também com @MAYA Na melhor PERFORMANCE FEMININA... e para o @lucaschumbo na CATEGORIA "Paddle Awards" Yeahhh OBRIGADO e #TksGOD🙏🏼

The awards, sponsored by Quiksilver, are held to recognise big wave surfers and their feats of super human wave-riding, with the top gong going to the surfer with the biggest ride (and balls!).

“The award goes to the surfer who, by any means available, catches the biggest wave of the year,” said the World Surf League.

Koxa caught the wave at notorious big wave break, Nazare, Portugal, in November of last year, and the ride has officially been registered as the largest wave ever ridden. Before Koxa, the record was held by Garret McNamara of the US, with a ride of 23.77 metres.

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Congratulations @andrew_cotty, #BigWaveAwards Wipeout of the Year winner! Video by @plmiranda

Honourable mention must also go to British surfer Andrew Cotton, for taking out the Wipeout of the Year award, in a chilling ride that landed him in hospital with a fractured vertebrae. On accepting the award, Cotton took to Instagram showing no regrets.

"Looking back I probably wouldn't have done anything whole lot different on this wave."

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